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JackWoods
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4 years ago

Modify Add Task Button to Checkbox on New Task/ Sub-Table

Hey Community - I'm looking to simply modify the existing/standard "Add Task" (Sub-Table) Button on my Parent table so that it can update a checkbox field for me on the new sub-record being created. I...
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MarkShnier__You
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4 years ago
& "&_fid_192=" & URLEncode ([Record ID#])
the line above is missing the &

In the Quickbase the & character has two completely different meanings.  When used outside quotes it is a concatenation character exactly the same as excel. But when used inside the quotes it typically means "Heads up Quickbase! a parameter is coming next.  for example

&rid=.. says "Hey Quickbase comes a Record ID
&_fid_123= .. means Hey Quickbase here comes a parameter for Field ID 123 



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    JackWoods
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    4 years ago
    that worked perfectly - I knew it was something little :)

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